Tupac Shakur Biopic to be directed by Antoine Fuqua

[Tacit Ronin]

Will it be in 3D?

 

[MadVillainy]

This could be really great

 

[HighFivingMF]

Tupac & Kurt Cobain are two artists, had they not died at their peak. Would be not considered so highly.

Do you think I could borrow your What-If machine, Dr. Farnsworth?

I wasn't a big fan of Tupac, but I'd watch the movie. Namely to see the portrayal of Suge.

 

[MrMaooz]

Tupac movie will start production in Atlanta in 2014

A long-gestating movie about the late rapper Tupac Shakur is closer to fruition, with Morgan Creek Productions and Emmet Furla Films announcing Thursday that they plan to co-finance and co-produce the film.

Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur, will executive produce the movie, which is scheduled to begin production in Atlanta next year.

Eddie Gonzales and Jeremy Haft, who wrote the 2011 direct-to-video crime drama "Street Kings II," are currently working on a script about the influential rapper, who has sold more than 75 million albums.

Shakur, who was born in Harlem in 1971 and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1988, was a vocal participant in the East Coast-West Coast hip-hop feud of the 1990s before he was killed in a shooting in Las Vegas in 1996.

Shakur's dramatic life has been the subject of multiple documentaries, including the 2003 film "Tupac: Resurrection" and 2002's "Biggie and Tupac" about his rivalry with New York rapper Biggie Smalls.

Previous efforts to get a narrative film made fell apart over negotiations for creative control between producers and Shakur's mother.

At one point, "Training Day" director Antoine Fuqua was attached.

No director has yet been named for the rebooted project, and no actor has yet been cast in the title role.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-tupac-shakur-movie-20130919,0,643693.story

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Just... just don't have Anthony Mackie as Tupac this time, gais.

 

[MrMaooz]

Denzel, please.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I'm saving Denzel for the Eazy-E story.

 

[Lencho01]

Just... just don't have Anthony Mackie as Tupac this time, gais.

Dude, your avatar...

 

[MrMaooz]

Ving Rhames for Tupac.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Dude, your avatar...

I love it. Your avvy's great, man. Gets me pumped for 2015.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Ving Rhames for Tupac.

I can see the articles now when he's cast in the role... "Tupac Biopic Puts a 'Ving' On It!"

 

[MrMaooz]

Just give it to Chadwick Boseman.

He's already played Jackie Robinson and is going to play James Brown.

 

[Lencho01]

I love it. Your avvy's great, man. Gets me pumped for 2015.

Thanks.

That looks like the perfect gif to post against Bomer back when some people wanted him for Batman. Do you know where that video of Bomer is from?

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Thanks.

That looks like the perfect gif to post against Bomer back when some people wanted him for Batman. Do you know where that video of Bomer is from?

I don't, man. Just found it on Google by chance one day.

 

[Lencho01]

I don't, man. Just found it on Google by chance one day.

Oh, well. I'll just imagine it's a video of him trying to look unattractive to his fans.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Oh, well. I'll just imagine it's a video of him trying to look unattractive to his fans.

He should know as well as we do that looking unattractive is an impossibility for him.

 

[Lencho01]

He should know as well as we do that looking unattractive is an impossibility for him.

 

[MrGrandCanyon]

John Singleton is doing it:

John Singleton to Helm Tupac
Morgan Creek Productions and Emmett Furla Films have, according to Variety, set John Singleton to helm their upcoming Tupac.

Tupac centers on the life of Tupac Shakur. Rapper, poet, actor and political activist, Tupac shot to fame with "2Pacalypse Now." Tupac's politically charged lyrics, inspired by his parents' activism as Black Panthers in the '60s and early '70s, condemned governmental intrusion in black communities. Tupac's increased participation in the East Coast-West Coast Rap rivalry became well documented and avidly followed by his fans. On September 7, 1996 he was gunned down on a street corner in Las Vegas, where he died 6 days later. His murder was never solved.

Among Singleton's diverse credits are his debut feature, Boyz n the Hood, his 2000 franchise reboot Shaft, the franchise sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious and, most recently, the Taylor Lautner teen spy thriller Abduction.

Tupac will be produced by James G. Robinson, David Robinson & LT Hutton along with Randall Emmett and George Furla. The film will be executive produced by Tupac’s mother, Afeni Shakur with production targeted for later this year.

Source: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=114775

 

[Rorschach2012]

Tupac & Kurt Cobain are two artists, had they not died at their peak. Would be not considered so highly. Tupac was good, but really nothing special, or original for that time.

Seriously though,